The Silicon Web: Physics for the Internet Age

ISBN-13: 9781439803110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 600 str.

Michael G Raymer

Opis

From computers to optical communication, this text explores core principles underlying those technologies that continue to revolutionize our lives. It details basic physics principles at the core of information technology and examines the quantum era, discussing digital memory and computers.

Spis treści

Introduction to Physics, Silicon, and the Internet. Principles of the IT Revolution. The Quantum Era: Digital Memory. The Internet Era: Optical Fibers, Light Amplification, Fiber Optics, Wireless Communication.

O autorze

Michael G. Raymer received his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1979. After a tenure on the faculty at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, he moved to the University of Oregon in 1988, where he became founding Director of the Oregon Center for Optics. His research focuses on the quantum mechanics of light and its interaction with atoms, molecules, and semiconductors, with applications in nonlinear optics, communications technology, and quantum information. In 1993, his group reported the first instance of experimental quantum-state tomography of light. He has been honored as Fellow of both the American Physical Society and Optical Society of America. He has served on the Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Science, National Research Council, and Executive Committee of the American Physical Society's Division of Laser Science.